#love them as always

[toyotasoarer]

yep

[wanderingaldecaldo]

I'm gonna walk through every doorway, I can't stop I need some time, I need control, I need your love I wanna find out everything I need to know

Had the absolute pleasure of comming @theviridianbunny once again, this time with my corpo loves. Detail closeups and ramblings about writing after the cut.

I looove Val's hair, and the way Bunny drew her curls. Also the cute earrings. 😩

The way she's gazing at him, I can't with it. It's perfect. He's known for some time that he loves her, but once she figured it out for herself...

For my writer friends who like to hear about writing, or I guess anyone who wants some Corpo Val lore, the rest is for you.

The above lyrics are taken from the song that is a contender for a chapter title for the AU story. The narrator of the song claims “I don't live here anymore”, with the implication that they've broken up and he's a changed man, and it feels melancholic. But then the chorus hits, the lyrics above, it suddenly feels hopeful. That he sees a way forward, and willingness to do better to maybe earn their love once more. Now when he repeats “But you'd never recognize me, babe/I don't live here anymore”, it takes on new meaning.

I had a big realization after recently (re)reading Pride and Prejudice that the Corpo Val longfic follows many of the same beats, despite the "fake romance" trope. I hadn't worked out the full endgame yet, so figured I'd wing it once I get there, but the recognition of some of Darcy in Val helped me see a path for her to change so she can be worthy of Mitch. She's not a bad person, at least by Night City standards, just a former corpo-turned-merc who's done questionable things; but certainly not someone he'd leave the family for. So thanks, Jane Austen, for being the GOAT and telling one of the greatest stories ever, and helping me find Val's “redemption” arc.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The math just adds up!

[gongyussy]

i'll let phie-san say it:

[inkskinned]

she's singing in another room and my dog is asleep at my feet. my grandma asked me why i haven't found a man yet and i laughed. oh, you know. i like my house clean.

my girlfriend is also my man is also "my partner" if i'm in a professional setting. yesterday we went to a ren faire and a man mimed at me - you're together? and at my delighted nod, his baffled, you're gay? made me laugh. a woman with rainbow hair said i love the two of you together. you're both so beautiful it's absurd.

my dad introduced my partner as my "..... friend. or whatever" the other day. he knows we're dating. in the same way, i was never able to get my sister's husband to stop saying that's gay like it's 2008. he still uses the word fa***t, and my sister's defense of him has always been well, he's just kidding.

my lover and i dance to old music in a tiny kitchen. we judge new music together and take food critique very seriously. we watch love is blind before we fall asleep and agree that if they had a queer season, it would be bloody but also make for excellent tv. of fucking course queer people would know someone for only 2 weeks and agree to get married. what are you saying.

at a bar with friends, a man puts his hand on my wrist. got a boyfriend? and yes, i do have a boyfriend, she's amazing. i am texting her while i wander around a gas station named after geese. i am visiting a swing state for a wedding. in the candy aisle i overhear: she's actually like a lesbian it's disgusting. two teenage girls with packaged sandwiches in their hands, giggling. no literally, like. i'm not, like. okay with her being there while we're all, like, naked and changing.

my girlfriend and i tailgate, drink gin and cider out of cups. from the frat group beside us, a man corrects himself with one of his friends: bro, i mean, nonbinary entity, and it makes everyone around him laugh, myself included. he razzes his friend the same way i would have killed for at 19 years old - like nothing happened, he continues: you apply sunscreen like an alien. he does a little sassy (and fairly accurate) dance interpretation of the motion. his friend is laughing so hard they're crying.

i am lucky, i live in a safe neighborhood in a safe state. my masc passenger princess comes up from DC. i drive her for an hour to where all the leaves are a violent arrangement of color. we walk along the trails, letting autumn into our blood. in this part of the state, there's a lot of pickup trucks and trump signs. when we chastely kiss before getting into the car, i accidentally make eye contact with a woman holding her child's wrist. she looks disgusted. she looks fucking pissed.

two hours later my girl and i are eating dinner on a patio, soaking in the last warmth of new england sun before the chill of winter sets in. we are giggling and trying to talk through plastic vampire teeth. at another table, i see a young woman sit up straighter. i watch her watch us. she blushes and takes her partner's hand from across the table. shy, like the taste of evening has just become something deeper.

it's worth it for this moment, i think. my lover is still humming the same song she's been singing for four days straight and i don't want to kill her for it. her guitar is beside my bed. her toothbrush is in my bathroom. in a few moments i will make us lunch. we are lucky enough to have found each other. it is lucky enough to be in love.

[beepboopappreciation]

Is this anything

[mawvax]

watched transformers: one and it was so good it made me draw again. Even my sibling who isn't into tf loved it. i need transformers: two IMMEDIATELY.

some spoiler art below v

Please for the love of everything that has ever existed... watch the movie and support it in cinemas or streaming - wherever - so that we have a trilogy . . .

Future meet Past

THAT scene k i l l e d me. I was in pieces when megatron was born. Completely rocked my world. God I'm so happy to be alive to witness this movie and this breakup again and again in different continuities.

Edit: the “selfish and reckless” line is intended to be Optimus blaming himself for D-16’s drastic change - it’s how I imagine Optimus rationalising how things became so wrong. Sorry for the confusion!

[blu3b3rryj4mp1r3]

where they got their names from =)

[canonkiller]

god I fuckign love ocs. my characters. my friend's characters. the characters of mutuals ive never spoken to. the characters of artists ive followed and maybe spoken to a little more. the characters of complete strangers I see in passing and think "aw that's cool". if you have ten fans I am one if you have one fan it is me etc etc. I love you

[ionomycin]

phoenix and the priestess

[nipuni]

the snake of eden 🥰

[deyageka]

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No srsly I can’t believe they’ve actually done this:

(+)

[cronchy-baguette]

'cause when i see me through your eyes

i love me, so don't leave my side

[everwalldigan]

Bawling my eyes out at the thought of Dick’s last bit of parting advice for Damian on how to be Bruce’s Robin (before he went back to blud) being “just pretend to fall asleep during a stake out. Trust me”

Of course Damian’s sceptical and it takes him a long time to even THINK about making himself look that vulnerable but his curiosity eventually wins and he pretends to fall asleep during a boring night.

He thought he was prepared for all possibilities but he was not prepared for Bruce to call out his name, sigh softly and scoop him up, not letting go of him even once until they reach his bed (he will never admit it but he actually did end up falling asleep). He was absolutely not prepared for Bruce to take his shoes off, tuck him in and hesitate just a little second before giving him a forehead kiss and leaving the room silently. He ends up actually falling asleep on the very next week

[kookydoodleky]

A Happy Ending✨

[clowns0up-felix]

(I’ll prob be posting some loz art tomorrow btw yayy, trying to juggle my interests well….oww)

Uhmmm